Captain America 100 splash page sold at >$12K

[comicparadox]

http://www.comiclink.com/./itemdetail.asp?back=%2Fsection%2Easp%3F%5FSORT%3DYES%26id%3D1398%26f1%3Di%2ELastUpdate%26ODire1%3DDESC%26f2%3Di%2EPublisher%26ODire2%3DDESC%26f3%3Di%2EIssueNumber%252C%2Bi%2EGenre%26ODire3%3DASC&id=845651

 

Seemed like a pretty high price to me, even though it's the 1st page splash from the 1st Silver Age Cap. It's a piece that has been offered up several times in the past few years. Not a very dynamic image, at least in my opinion. Best part of it may be the Irving Forbush credit.

[truthAndSoulBaby]

 

As an rabid Kirby Cap collector, I think its an OK price.

 

In the past year or so (I think this piece was auctioned on ComicLink about 2 years ago for the same price), I've seen 4 Kirby Cap splashes from issues #100-104 sell in the range of 8,500 to 12,750 (this one being the top).

 

It is not a spectacular action page (well, there's no action!), but ICONIC image, and anyone that's read Cap 100 remembers the flashback sequence. I would pay the premium over the average (quoted above) to have this page.

 

And one of the few chances to have a Kirby-drawn eskimo!

[TheWatcher]

It was up for auction on CLink in Feb and didn't meet reserve, then sold for $12,750 in May

[bluechip]

Yet another example that belies the dictum that if something doesn't meet reserve then that alone proves it wasn't worth the price. That would only be true if 100% of potential buyers saw 100% of all potential listings, and nobody ever had fluctuating money issues or ever changed their minds